Simon Property Group and its management company, M.S. Management Associates, were hit with a federal tenant class action lawsuit that alleges the defendants artificially inflated electricity costs that were passed on to tenants.
Buckner Miles and Kelley Uustal represent the lead plaintiff, Café Gelato & Panini LLC, in the Florida suit before the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The nationwide class action seeks damages exceeding $100 million from the defendants, due to the alleged "execution of its complex, surreptitious, and illegal mark-up of electricity charges scheme," according to the complaint.
Café Gelato operates at Town Center at Boca Raton, which is a shopping center owned by Simon and under management from M.S. Management. Simon is a real estate investment trust that focuses on shopping malls, with properties around the nation, while M.S. manages its malls nationwide.
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Michael A. Mora
Michael was born and raised in South Florida. He went to undergrad at Florida Atlantic University and earned his master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is the crypto litigation reporter for Law.com, as well as an editor for ALM Global. You can email him at [email protected].
